Acquired ulnar clubhand resulting from neonatal osteomyelitis.
Ulnar clubhand is a rare deformity. In a patient with postnatal osteomyelitis of the ulna, the wrist had an ulnar deviation with marked ulnar slope of the radius. Good hand function precluded surgical correction.
De Smet
L
L
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Pellenberg, K.U. Leuven, Belgium.
Gunst
P
P
Fabry
G
G
D000293:Adolescent; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D011859:Radiography; D014457:Ulna / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging